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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1909
Page
2
The San Antonio Light announces Associated Press content, daily publication details, and office representation in New York Chicago and other cities, noting management and editorial staff roles and mailing information for periodical distribution.
Subscribers to The Leht are advised to pay money to regular authorized collectors. Do not pay carriers, as efforts to collect may mislead. The notice requests updating old and new addresses for delivery and formal contact details.
Local San Antonio trustees debate a proposal to seat women on the school board amid mixed support. Interviews show several members doubtful or opposed, while others defend women’s qualifications and urge voters to decide on the issue.
The Times Herald quotes Jefferson and Paine on belief in God and cites Frederick Robertson on avoiding excessive restrictions. It argues Christ taught inner righteousness, opposed forcing conduct, and that true devotion comes from the heart rather than coercive laws. It condemns Sabbatarian excess and urges freedom in religious practice.
A critical fragment on simplified spelling and reformers, arguing the Benaturer Spelling Board ignores children and language, with hostile rhetoric about reformers and public reception of new spellings. The text condemns the reformers and questions how language changes affect education and understanding.
Representative Mobley rails at publishers demanding bills to regulate ad reading notices and fines for noncompliance. He hints at stronger penalties, including jail, for those who violate a proposed official pricing scale. He argues tariffs affect all publishers from small towns to large outlets and urges broader regulatory reach.
In Atlanta Georgian coverage, Senator Tolley faces disapproval in Washington society, with fears of retaliation for past confrontations. The dispute centers on policy stances and political tensions affecting regional alignment and party dynamics.
Douglas Adans and a mysterious girl survive a car crash and enter a vacant city. All pedestrians have vanished leaving silent streets. They fear fate and suspect hostile forces as howls echo in the distance and masked figures move behind them. The scene hints at a looming, dark domination by unseen powers.
A, San Pedro avenue card party at J A Beleford’s residence highlighted a local social night. The Ladies Ark Society hosts a benefit reception for the First Presbyterian church fund at Mrs. W A Bennet’s Nueva and Redwood home. Parish plans include transferring land to Madison Square Presbyterian for a church mission, with the new site fronting Madigan Square. A spring picnic is set for April 2 as the season’s Taste Ralling group meets.
A comic scene unfolds as Hait Oil Harry struggles to converse with a pharmacist and a visiting Aunt, mispronunciations and slang flying. A mistaken kiss of language leads to a blackout and a hospital bed, followed by a patient’s return to attempting human speech and social chatter.
A fragmented dialogue recreates a wartime parody featuring Oscar and Osgar trading jokes about meals and ailments. The garbled text hints at playful references to chickenpox and medical mishaps amid a World War II era mock exchange.
Modern pathology reports from a long dead king Pharaoh Menepte show his heart was literally hardened at death. Archaeologists uncovered the royal mummy of Amenhotep II in Egypt and transported it to London where a postmortem reveals senile aortic calcification and preserved lamellar bone. The Lancet notes interlamellar material growth with phosphate and questions the ethics of grave disturbance over time.
A fragmentary column blends reflections on manners and wit. It weaves playful lines about romance, missteps, and social restraint, citing historical figures and political tensions in a quasi aphoristic mood.
A terse exchange in a saloon scene features Cheep accusing Chella of avoiding payback for kin while Kella remarks on the unobserved presence in past tavern visits. The fragment hints at debts or loyalties driving a terse confrontation.
A garbled dialogue scene shows characters debating prices and meals, with phrases like three cents and a veiled reference to a mother. The fragment hints at a domestic quarrel over food costs and social tension in a kitchen setting.
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